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KNOWLEDGE 



[Nov. 24, 1882. 



MTtHi l>v making tho tWL\ the trick sliouUl always bo passed, 

 wkilf, of coarse, if one trick savca or makes the game, it ehould 

 be made. 



A c«ae often arises (ii is often spoken of as if fourth Iiand nione 

 wer* concrmod, but it applies to second hand equally) where it is 

 qaestionable whetlier n trick should be passed or taken. King is 

 I*d in a suit of which you hold Ace, Knave, and others. Uere 

 many pass the trick, because, if tho suit is continued, as it UBually 

 i«, they hold the tonace, and, apart from rutling, make two tricks 

 instead of one in the suit, lloldingup the Ace second hand in such 

 races, though not generally good, is occasionally advisable. But it 

 is *eldom safe to pass the trick when you hold Ace, Knave, and 

 another fourth in hand. There is a considerable chance that either 

 ^•onr partner or your right hand adversary may have held originally 

 bat one of the suit, and, if so, cither would trump. Your partner 

 would trump, if he could, because he would believe the Ace to be 

 with third hand. Third hand would, of course, trump if he 

 could— a small card having been led. Where you hold up the 

 Ace second hand, you have' a much better chance, for you 

 mn no risk of being trumped by your jiartner. Clay adds 

 to these considerations, that you give up for one round, at 

 least, the advantage of getting the lead ; that, however, may be an 

 advantage, or the reverse, according to the nature of your hand. 

 He adds, " the leader, either front suspecting your tenace, or be- 

 cauao be has another strong suit to show his ])artncr, changes his 

 lead, and when it is next led it is probably by your right-hand 

 adversary, who leads through your tenace, instead of to it." These 

 coiuiderationa are less important,'_however, than the others; for 

 usually no toimce would bo suspected, covering with ace being the 

 nsual custom, and it very seldom happens that a player finds it 

 well to show a second suit to his partner. Tho fall of the cards in 

 the first suit may, of course, lead him to do so ; but ordinarily ho 

 will keep to one suit. The case is rather different, when his partner 

 has already shown a suit. For then, tho possibility of a held-up 

 tenace (however slight), may lead him to prefer returning his 

 partner's suit who can aftcnvards lead tho Ace if he has it, and 

 then up to the Queen. 



That playing a small card in such a case gives your partner a 

 wrong idea of the contents of your hand is a valid argument against 

 passing the trick, unless the indications are such that you are 

 justified in attaching less importance to informing him than to 

 strengthening your own position. If you are strong in trumps, 

 there is a further reason for disregarding this i)oint. For should 

 tho leader be led to suspect that a tenace is held up, ho will be apt 

 to lend trumps, which can hardly fail to suit your hand. 



Cases of two kinds have specially to be noticed in playing fourth 

 in hand, — first, those in which it is necessary to take a trick already 

 won by partner; secondly, those in which it is necessary to pass a 

 trick won by the adversaries. We are not going to consider all 

 cases of the kind, for many depend on tho previous fall of cards, 

 and the strategy of the hand as a whole. But two simple general 

 cases of either sort, must be considered here. 

 {To be continued.) 



(2Rur Cfjcss Column. 



Br Mei'iilsto. 



PROBLEM No. CO. 

 By John Simi-son, Edinburgh. 



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'roblom No. 50, by Herbert Jacobs, p. 390 



1. I! to Kt2 1. Anything.. 



2. Kt to HO mate. 



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